Belgium’s four environment ministers – one from each region and one from the federal government – have finally reached agreement on the policy goals the country will adopt on climate change. The agreement was reached on Friday, six years after the negotiations started and a week after the start of...

Animal park Planckendael in Mechelen has announced the birth of a baby rhinoceros. He was born last month to mother Karamat and father Gujarat. The latter is now living in the Blijdorp park in Rotterdam. The baby (pictured), weighing 60 kilograms at birth, has not yet been named and is not yet on...

MAD Brussels, an emerging hub for specialists in the fashion and design industry, has been tasked with creating new uniforms for City of Brussels staff. All of the city's employees who come in contact with the public will be fitted with new designer uniforms. The goal is to highlight the role of...

The Brussels-Capital Region is to provide €275,000 to help fight terrorism and combat radicalisation. The funding will go to finance an educational project set up by the 39-year-old playwright Ismaël Saidi ( pictured ), author of Jihad , a short play about three young radicalised Muslims who leave...

According to the Euro Health Consumer Index, which annually compares the healthcare systems in 36 European countries, Belgium currently has the sixth best healthcare provision in Europe. The report described the Belgian system as “generous and focused on good service”. In recent years the system...

According to a survey of 3,009 people conducted by the Belgian Foundation against Cancer, potential measures to combat smoking in Belgium would meet with little resistance, even from smokers themselves. A whopping 91% of Belgians, for example, are in favour of a ban on smoking in cars when minors...

Budget cuts to public transport outside of Brussels will not contribute to improving the city’s traffic congestion, according to the Capital Region’s mobility minister, Pascal Smet. Smet was reacting to news from motoring organisation Touring that showed that traffic last year reached an all-time...

Belgian prime minister Charles Michel has announced plans for an international tour to boost Belgium's image abroad, write De Tijd and Het Nieuwsblad . The exact destinations have yet to be determined, but the tour will focus on countries with high economic growth. Premier Michel has already put...

In 2015, there were 755 traffic deaths on Belgian roads, an increase of 4% compared to the previous year, when there were 727 traffic fatalities, writes Het Laatste Nieuws. S everal factors played a role in the increase, according to experts, including unusually good weather, the revival of the...

Peter Vandenameele performs his job with great passion. He is very interested in the emergency services and is a collector of miniature ambulances. What is your job? I work in the emergency department of the Sint-Andries Hospital in Tielt, where I am an ambulance driver for the 112 emergency...